Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- About the Authors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 A Life-Course Orientation to the Study of Gang Membership
- 2 Research Procedures: The Sample and the Data
- 3 Characteristics of Gang Members
- 4 The Antecedents of Gang Membership
- 5 The Origins of Gang Membership
- 6 Gangs as a Facilitating Context for Delinquent Behavior
- 7 Gangs, Guns, and Crime
- 8 Gangs and Other Law-Violating Youth Groups
- 9 Long-Term Consequences of Gang Membership
- 10 Gangs in Developmental Perspective: Substantive and Policy Implications
- Appendix A: Delinquency Indices
- Appendix B: Prevalence of Gang Membership
- Appendix C: Impact of Gang Membership
- References
- Index
Acknowledgments
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 July 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables and Figures
- About the Authors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 A Life-Course Orientation to the Study of Gang Membership
- 2 Research Procedures: The Sample and the Data
- 3 Characteristics of Gang Members
- 4 The Antecedents of Gang Membership
- 5 The Origins of Gang Membership
- 6 Gangs as a Facilitating Context for Delinquent Behavior
- 7 Gangs, Guns, and Crime
- 8 Gangs and Other Law-Violating Youth Groups
- 9 Long-Term Consequences of Gang Membership
- 10 Gangs in Developmental Perspective: Substantive and Policy Implications
- Appendix A: Delinquency Indices
- Appendix B: Prevalence of Gang Membership
- Appendix C: Impact of Gang Membership
- References
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
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- Gangs and Delinquency in Developmental Perspective , pp. xix - xxivPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2002